Month: May 2020

Universal 1905: Original Languages with syntactic relations usually use diathesis changes (voices) that promote and /or demote NPs in the clause, while languages without syntactic…

Universal 1904: Original Cumulative languages prefer fusional morphology or rigid word order. Standardized IF a language is of the cumulative mixed type, THEN there will…

Universal 1903: Original Pure and mixed separatist languages prefer agglutinative morphology and free word order. Standardized IF a language is of the pure or the…

Universal 1902: Original Pivotless languages favour isolating morphology and free word order. Standardized IF a language is pivotless, THEN there will be isolating morphology and…

Universal 1901: Original If a language exhibits only prenasalized voiceless consonants, voicing is non-contrastive within the consonant system. Standardized IF there are prenasalized voiceless consonants…

Universal 1900: Original A pronominal form used for showing greater respect or social distance is never eliminated from the system of reference in favour of…

Universal 1899: Original Processess of pronominal reference for showing degrees of respect or social distance occur more commonly in reference to individuals that in reference…

Universal 1898: Original Processess of variation of the type of pronoun used in reference for showing degrees of respect or social distance are more common…

Universal 1897: Original The use of variation of any pronominal category to show degrees of respect or social distance is more widespread among different langages…

Universal 1896: Original Given a particular language, and given a particular constituent class such that at least some members of that class are not inflected…